Tuesday, July 18 | Wichita State University - Woolsey Hall | Wichita, KS
Registration will be available on-site during the event on July 18th. Online registration is now closed.
SBIR Road Tour
Learn how to access $4 billion in non-dilutive technology funding for startups, innovators and small firms.
The America’s Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to convey the non-dilutive technology funding opportunity provided through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. If you are an innovator, entrepreneur, researcher, or small technology firm, take advantage of this coveted local event opportunity to hear directly from federal agency program managers, meet one-on-one with program decision makers and connect with local resource partners.
Road Tour Prep Resources
Learn how to identify which agency to target, how to prepare your Quad Chart, and
what to expect in your one-on-one meeting with the agency representatives with our
resources below.
Quad Chart On Demand Training Video
The Innovator's Guide to Preparing for the SBIR Road Tour Workshop (Passcode: Q$s9lr!w)
COST:
$25 per participant
$5 per student
Registration will be available on-site during the event on July 18th. Online registration is now closed.
There will be an opportunity for attendees to meet one-on-one with the Agency Representatives. You will be contacted via email by the SBIR Road Tour team (Established) with instructions on how to request up to three private one-on-one meetings. Please fill out the Quad Chart template provided at the link below and bring paper copies with you on July 18th. You will also be required to provide an electronic copy of the quad charts to register for one-on-one appointments. If you would like our team to assist you with your quad chart development or to review your draft quad chart, we would be happy to schedule a private appointment.
One-on-One Scheduling, Next Steps:
- Expect an email from into@mybusinessmatches.com with next steps in the scheduling process.
- Start preparing your QUAD chart. It will be a required part of scheduling the one-on-one meetings.
Participating SBIR/STTR Agencies
If more than (1) representative is representing the agency, we noted it as well.
- Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - 2 reps
- Department of Defense - AFWERX (DOD – AFWERX)
- Department of Defense - Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (DOD - JSTO-CBD)
- Department of Defense - Missile Defense Agency (DOD – MDA) - 2 reps
- Department of Defense – Navy (DOD – Navy) - 2 reps
- Department of Defense - US Special Operations Command (DOD – SOCOM)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Health and Human Services (HHS)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) - 3 reps
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - 2 reps
- Federal Laboratory Consortium
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Wichita, KS 67208
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2975 N. Webb Rd.
Wichita, KS 67226
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2433 N. Greenwich Rd.
Wichita, KS 67226
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Wichita, KS 67206
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Please park in lot 41, 13, or 35S. See Attached WSU Campus Map with Parking Lots highlighted.
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration
